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1605: The King who had the Largest Colonial Empire in America

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|Date: April 08, 2020
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1605: The King who had the Largest Colonial Empire in America

Spanish King Philip IV of the Habsburg dynasty was born on this day. His colonial empire was, by far the ...

Spanish King Philip IV of the Habsburg dynasty was born on this day. His colonial empire was, by far the largest in the world at that time, because it included not only all of the Spanish overseas pos ...

April 08, 2020
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1541: St. Francis Xavier Sets Sail on his Famous Missionary Journey

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1541: St. Francis Xavier Sets Sail on his Famous Missionary Journey

On this day, exactly on his 35th birthday, St. Francis Xavier sailed to the epoch-making missionary trip ...

On this day, exactly on his 35th birthday, St. Francis Xavier sailed to the epoch-making missionary trip that would make him the greatest missionary in the history of the Catholic Church after St. Pau ...

April 07, 2020
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636: Is there a Patron Saint of the Internet?

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636: Is there a Patron Saint of the Internet?

On this day the famous Saint Isidore of Seville died. He was extremely important for European education, ...

On this day the famous Saint Isidore of Seville died. He was extremely important for European education, because he made one of the first encyclopedias in world history. In fact, in his work “Etymolo ...

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1939: Generalissimo Franco Wins the Spanish Civil War

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|Date: April 01, 2020
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1939: Generalissimo Franco Wins the Spanish Civil War

On this day Francisco Franco declared victory and the end of the Civil War in Spain. It is interesting th ...

On this day Francisco Franco declared victory and the end of the Civil War in Spain. It is interesting that the United States recognized Franco’s government on that same day, leaving the Soviet Union ...

April 01, 2020
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1926: The Person who Holds a Record Number of Noble Titles

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1926: The Person who Holds a Record Number of Noble Titles

The person who holds the greatest number of recognized noble titles in today’s world was born on this day ...

The person who holds the greatest number of recognized noble titles in today’s world was born on this day. She is the Duchess of Alba, named María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva. She w ...

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1977: Deadliest Aviation Accident in History

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|Date: March 27, 2020
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1977: Deadliest Aviation Accident in History

The deadliest aviation accident in history occurred on this day. Namely, a record number of 583 people we ...

The deadliest aviation accident in history occurred on this day. Namely, a record number of 583 people were killed when two Boeing 747 jumbo-jets collided on the runway at Tenerife in the Canary Islan ...

March 27, 2020
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1939: Final Offensive in the Spanish Civil War

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|Date: March 26, 2020
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1939: Final Offensive in the Spanish Civil War

On this day in 1939, Nationalist forces initiated their final offensive during the Spanish Civil War. Onl ...

On this day in 1939, Nationalist forces initiated their final offensive during the Spanish Civil War. Only a small part of Spain, the area between Madrid, Valencia and Almeria was still under the cont ...

March 26, 2020
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2013: Spanish “Killer Bull” Ratón – Fighting Bull who Killed Three People

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2013: Spanish “Killer Bull” Ratón – Fighting Bull who Killed Three People

The fighting bull Ratón managed to kill as many as three people over the course of his career, which earn ...

The fighting bull Ratón managed to kill as many as three people over the course of his career, which earned him the nickname “The Killer Bull” (Spanish: El toro asesino). This day in 2013 marke ...

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